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The National Academies' Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress (CISRERP) has provided biennial reviews of restoration progress and advice on scientific and engineering issues that may impact progress since 2004. This is the 10th biennial review to be completed in September of 2024. This study was congressionally mandated under the Water Resources Development Act of 2000, which launched the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP).
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·2024
The Florida Everglades is a treasured ecosystem, but the water quality, quantity, flow, and distribution have been dramatically degraded by drainage and infrastructure development during the past century. A joint effort launched by the State and federal government in 2000, the Comprehensive Everglad...
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will convene an ad hoc consensus study to review the progress toward achieving the restoration goals of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). To this end, the Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress will meet two to three times annually to receive briefings on the current status of the CERP, scientific issues involved in implementing the Plan, and natural system restoration progress. The committee will produce a biennial report that will provide:
(1) an assessment of progress in restoring the natural system, which is defined by section 601(a) of WRDA 2000 as “all the land and water managed by the federal government and state within the South Florida Ecosystem;
(2) discussion of significant accomplishments of the restoration;
(3) discussion and evaluation of specific scientific and engineering issues that may impact progress in achieving the natural system restoration goals of the Plan; and
(4) an independent review of monitoring and assessment protocols to be used for evaluation of CERP progress (e.g., CERP performance measures, annual assessment reports, assessment strategies).
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Please note that there has been a change in the committee membership with the appointment of Dr. Marla R. Emery, effective 04/04/2023.
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Department of Defense
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Emily Bermudez
Charles Burgis
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